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Shell Yeah: Bobby Rush

June 7, 2021 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Information about this show can be found here.

A FEW SPECIAL NOTES ABOUT THIS EVENT:

  • Gates open at 6:00pm. Show at 7:30PM.

  • Tickets to this event are sold by pod ($400 with provided picnic, $270 without provided picnic). Each Socially distanced pod holds six people. Grab 5 of your friends and buy your pod! Food will be curated by Chef Kelly English and a team of Memphis Chefs. Menu to come. Bars will be available for alcoholic and non-alcoholic purchases.

  • No outside food, drinks, coolers or pets are allowed at this event.

  • Masks must be worn at all times except within your individual, assigned pod. COVID 19 updates and safety protocol.

  • Ticket purchasers (or Pod People) must transfer tickets to your 5 guests before arriving at the box office. This will be helpful, especially if guests come separately.

  • We ask that you pull up your Ticketmaster e-ticket on your phone before coming to the Levitt Shell (or take a screenshot) as you are entering our 2 box offices.

  • Because this is a fundraiser, no refunds are available. Thank you for helping to power back the return of our Free Concert Series this fall!

  • Lawn chairs and blankets are welcome inside your pod.

  • The Levitt Shell is wheelchair accessible.

  • All entrants must have a ticket.

  • No professional photography, video, or audio recording equipment.

  • Levitt Shell will be ‘passing the bucket’ at the event if you are feeling generous!

  • Levitt Shell has limited the number of pods being sold to this fundraiser to ensure a pleasurable, safe experience for all. Grab your pod!

  • Future benefit concert dates: May 20, June 3, June 17, July 1, and July 15. Artists to be announced.

  • Seating Chart, pods will be assigned.

  • Dance floor will be closed for the show.

ABOUT Bobby:

2x GRAMMY winning legend, Blues Hall of Famer, six-timeGrammy nominee,and 13-time Blues Music Award winner, withcameo in the Netflix original Dolemite Is My Namestarring Eddie Murphy, and autobiography on its way.

Bobby Rush has been making recordsfor nearly 70 years and has more than400 recordings, 75career releases, and now 27studio albums to his name. He’sfinally telling his story in his autobiography I Ain’t Studdin’ Ya: My American Blues Story currently available for pre-order and due out June 22 via Hachette Books who have published Keith Richards, Buddy Guy, and Tina Fey to name a few. MORE

Details

Date:
June 7, 2021
Time:
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Event Category:

Organizer

Overton Park Shell
Phone:
901-272-2722
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Venue

Overton Park Shell
1928 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104
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Phone:
(901) 272-2722
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